WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

As is the case with other areas of health, weight loss and weight management are dependent on many factors. The ability to lose weight is far more complicated than the phrase “eat less, exercise more,” yet this is exactly the phrase many patients hear from their health care provider when they ask about weight loss strategies.

Before effective and lasting weight loss can occur, the conditions or imbalances that caused the weight gain need to be identified. Often, there are multiple hormone imbalances present causing the body to store fuel as fat, along with cellular mechanisms that actually resist the body’s attempt to burn calories.

At Rocky Mountain Comprehensive Health, we look at the whole picture of the patient’s history regarding weight gain. We strive to identify and treat all of the causative factors involved in each patient’s struggle to lose weight. Common reasons for weight gain are: